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hi all,

I don't know if this is the correct place to post this, but I am after some help/advice/tutorial on how to go about creating a menu system similar to:

http://www.maxxcount.de

i am just looking at the homepage with the large flash menu...

it looks fairly simply - i have the graphics ready and follow instructions quite well!

thanks in advance

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— the large, timeline-driven menu you linked is a classic Flash-era pattern. 's roundup points to useful tutorials that demonstrate the same building blocks (button hit areas, timeline tweens, masked reveals). One important note for anyone finding this thread years later: Adobe ended support for Flash Player on December 31, 2020, and modern browsers no longer run SWFs. See Adobe's official end-of-life notice: Adobe Flash Player end-of-life. If the goal is to play old SWFs in a browser for archival or demo purposes, the open-source emulator Ruffle can run many legacy files (AS3 support is still limited).

For new work, recreate that Flash look with HTML5/CSS3/JS. Practical workflow: prepare graphics as SVG (preferred for vector effects) or optimized PNGs; build a semantic HTML structure (<nav> with buttons or an unordered list); animate hover/entry effects with CSS transforms/transitions or the Web Animations API for timeline-like control (Web Animations API). Use a timeline library such as GSAP when you need precise sequencing and easing. Always implement keyboard focus states and ARIA roles, and convert hover-only interactions into explicit tap handlers for touch.

Quick troubleshooting tips: rasterize very complex vectors on mobile, use transform/opacity (not width/height) to avoid layout repaint, add will-change: transform sparingly, test frame rate in dev tools, and lazy-load large images. If coming from Flash, Adobe Animate can export a timeline to HTML5 Canvas as a transitional authoring workflow, but prefer native web APIs for long-term compatibility.

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please? anyone?

just an idea of what sort of things i should be looking for would be great :-(

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